Cristiano Ronaldo leaves by mutual agreement | SIUUU Later

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Best thing to do after his interview. He spoke about disrespect for 90 minutes while in fact he was disrespecting the club and the fans. He is a legend of the game and will always be one of the best players to have played for us, however, leaving is the right thing to do. It is better for the players’ morale (not need for drama) and better for ETH project
 

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Plenty of opinions on this so not getting into a back and forth - for me though, he's disgraced himself and I'll remember him with the same sour taste as remembering tevez in that cl final. This entire season has been unforgivable
 

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If he wanted a payout he wouldn't have agreed to mutual termination it's as simple as that. The whole interview was to achieve this, small folk might get angry that he got what he wanted but far more importantly so did Ten Hag.
Erm not really true.

If the club has said to him, which is being reported, accept mutual termination or we will sue, he’s potentially realised he’s messed up and cut his losses.
 

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Ronaldo has behaved as a complete narcissist. Where does he go next when this is his response to not playing? He is denying the inevitable and blaming the club when he is clearly in decline, which nobody is immune from.

If he had gone to City he would have been on the bench behind Haaland all season and would have been doing the same interview with Piers Morgan, hammering Pep.
 

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Is Keane a club legend? Is Beckham a United legend? Both did not leave nicely. SAF threw a shoe on Beckham before his departure.

You may argue that CR7 is not a United legend, but the explanation you gave is not convincing.
At least Keane gave United his peak years and put everything out there on the pitch, and with his speech criticising the team I believe he had good intentions, in a weird Roy Keane way, he was just looking for the best for the team. His personality was just a bit much.

The same cannot be said about Ronaldo. He left the club at his peak, with the "slave" comments in mind, then came back and was a toxic influence on the dressing room, then did everything he could to undermine and leave the club while under contract for 3-4 months. Several tantrums, attention-seeking moves, fined by the club, then the interview where he undermines a new manager and the players. I never got the impression Ronaldo gave it his all this season or had the best intentions for the club at any point. Ronaldo is himself is number 1, everything else is distant 2nd. Keane wasn't like that, he genuinely cared.
 

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Hope folks don't get into their feelings if he scores a couple of goals at World Cup :lol: You just know what the headlines will be!
However, it doesn't matter. His disrespect was off the scale, and he wasn't putting in the performances for us anyway, so it doesn't matter him leaving or where he ends up.
 

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This is great, now the team can focus on other things than of pitch drama. I lost the respect for the guy
 

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I’m sure he will have had a nice pay off. Ronaldo might have compromised to some extent because he wanted to be released but also the club won’t have wanted to drag this through the court to enforce a termination, where it would have dragged on and on with more dirty laundry being aired in public
 

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I know what happened last week was wrong, but reading this this thread is shocking, is this a Man Utd fan board? I wouldn't be able to tell.
Did you think it was a Cristiano Ronaldo fan board? Why would anyone be supportive of this scumbag?
Is Keane a club legend? Is Beckham a United legend? Both did not leave nicely. SAF threw a shoe on Beckham before his departure.

You may argue that CR7 is not a United legend, but the explanation you gave is not convincing.
This is a daft point. Keane gave many years of world class service, left with one major blowup and never spoke ill of the club, just the man who he felt stabbed him in the back. One indiscretion is what it is, it can be forgiven.

The Beckham story you posted is just plain false, so I won’t even bother with that one.

Ronaldo has now acted the cnut to leave twice, well 3 times if you count last summer, given ~2 top level seasons to the club, played a major part in a season falling apart last season undermining the entire structure in place, when we had to rely on the person that I’m constantly told is a dressing room cancer Paul Pogba to hold everything together and calm things down. He doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
 

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I’m sure he will have had a nice pay off. Ronaldo might have compromised to some extent because he wanted to be released but also the club won’t have wanted to drag this through the court to enforce a termination, where it would have dragged on and on with more dirty laundry being aired in public
Ducker, MEN, Wheeler, McDonnell all say he got feck all.
 

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At least Keane gave United his peak years and put everything out there on the pitch, and with his speech criticising the team I believe he had good intentions, in a weird Roy Keane way, he was just looking for the best for the team. His personality was just a bit much.
That's another discussion.

Ronaldo is himself is number 1, everything else is distant 2nd. Keane wasn't like that, he genuinely cared.
I don't agree.

Point is: if you dismiss CR being a legend because of the way he left, then the same applies to Beckham and Keane. I responded to this specific argument.
 

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Hope folks don't get into their feelings if he scores a couple of goals at World Cup :lol: You just know what the headlines will be!
However, it doesn't matter. His disrespect was off the scale, and he wasn't putting in the performances for us anyway, so it doesn't matter him leaving or where he ends up.
Hope Bruno doesn't pass the ball to him and has a hissy fit when he misses a sitter. This guy needs a taste of his own medicine.
 

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I know what happened last week was wrong, but reading this this thread is shocking, is this a Man Utd fan board? I wouldn't be able to tell.
This forum is not representative of our actual fanbase. A lot of players end up hated for a lot less on here. It's just how it is here.

Ultimately its good news for the club. A monster salary off the wage bill and it should force us to make a signing more suited to our style.

No need for the vitriol though. We've learned nothing new about 'Ronaldo the man' in the last few weeks.
 

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I’m sure he will have had a nice pay off. Ronaldo might have compromised to some extent because he wanted to be released but also the club won’t have wanted to drag this through the court to enforce a termination, where it would have dragged on and on with more dirty laundry being aired in public
Nah he’s not got a penny
 

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Mightve had choice words for him before but bless and fair play to Piers Morgan.

We might've had a whole 6 months left of this tedious circus around the club and squad if it wasn't for his world class bootlicking
 

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Aye maybe the club might finally be learning...
Wow, if my very simple maths is right (7 months by 4.33 weeks) that suggests he was costing us around 530k a week. Eeesh. Has anyone ever done a worse job at anything than Ed Woodward at United?
 

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We'd have Arnautovic right now if Ten Hag got his way. So, no, it probably won't end anytime soon.
Luckily we didn't end up with Arnautović and Ten Hag ended up with Anthony. Too old strikers and EtH's dynamism is just not looking too compatible, especially in Premier League.

I have some serious doubts if we'll go after stop gap in winter or summer. If we really do, it's probably going to be someone like Benzema.
 

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That's another discussion.


I don't agree.

Point is: if you dismiss CR being a legend because of the way he left, then the same applies to Beckham and Keane. I responded to this specific argument.
What exactly did Beckham do wrong in your opinion?
Are you really comparing the way he left the club with what has happened with Ronaldo now?
 
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